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Orderly room signboard, H Coy, 22nd Training Reserve Bn, nd, possibly 1916-1917. Shows a small hand drawn Invicta horse at top centre. Inscribed, ‘Orderly / Room / H / Company / 22nd Training / Reserve’. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). This battalion was formed in October 1914 as 16th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. On 1st September 1916 it was renamed 22nd Training Reserve Battalion, absorbing 9th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment. From May 1917 onwards the battalions of the Training Reserve became Graduated Battalions and Young Soldier Battalions and were again given regimental associations. 22nd Training Reserve Battalion was renamed 285th Graduated Battalion. By 1st October 1917 the unit had joined 202nd (2/1st Kentish Brigade), a brigade which also included 2/4th, 2/5th and 3/4th Battalions of the Royal West Kent Regiment. On 27 October 1917 it was renamed 52nd (Graduated) Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps.

World War One (1914-1918)